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Record 1 1985-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Illumination Engineering
DEF

one [line] plotted on any appropriate coordinates to show directions in space, about a source of light, in which the candlepower is the same. For a complete exploration the line always is a closed curve. A series of such curves, usually for equal increments of candlepower, is called an isocandela diagram.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairagisme
DEF

Courbe unissant les points représentatifs des directions où l'intensité lumineuse d'une source est la même. D'ordinaire, on imagine que cette courbe est tracée sur une sphère ayant la source comme centre et l'on utilise une représentation plane de la surface sphérique.

Spanish

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